StepMania: Satiating my DDR needs on the PC

I have a teeny-weeny confession. I’m now addicted to StepMania. *gasp* I never really thought I’d like Dance Dance Revolution because everytime I see people play it in the arcade, I end up confused with what they are doing. I’ve never tried DDR until last March 11 when Mina’s husband, Von, plugged in their PS2, dance pad and a DDR game. We didn’t have videoke for her birthday so she encouraged us to try and play it.

I was skeptical at first. The arrows were confusing me and I was doubting my reflex skills. I failed a lot, but I had a really good time. So much that I looked for a dance pad online when I got back home in Batangas. Hahaha. I don’t even have a PS2 and I was looking for the pad. Yep, I was that into it. I was even thinking that I’d get the dance pad first then save up to get a PS2 to play the game. I decided to search for the current price of PS2 using Google. Then I was so blessed to bump into a thread in TipidPC where a seller named george79 was selling dance pads. What caught my eye was their tag. It said, “Bnew DDR Dance Pad for PC and PS2 -freebies“. I decided to read on and found that we can get a PC version of the game (which is StepMania) if we purchase the dance pad. I was very interested so I contacted the seller and the next day after I found that thread, I got my dance pad and game after meeting his wife to pick it up.

When I got home, the laptop wasn’t home so I tried it first with my desktop. Unfortunately, I was having problems with my parallel port and my sound card so I couldn’t really run the game. When Dad came home, I immediately borrowed the laptop and installed the drivers, connected the pad, installed the game and clicked on run. When the game loaded, my younger siblings were so ecstatic. Everyone at home enjoys it (except my Dad because he doesn’t really dig arcade games) and we play it often. I am getting addicted to it and this summer vacation, I will be spending more time with it because I do not have summer classes.

It is seriously addicting. I am having so much fun while dancing and sweating and I don’t feel exhausted doing it. Unlike before when I went to the gym. I think I’m having fun because I get to spend time with my siblings playing it. It doesn’t feel like exercise, at times I don’t even realize I’ve been on it for two hours. For me it really isn’t a tool for loosing weight, its more of a fun activity for the whole family. Loosing weight is just a plus.